Prosthetic Options: Body Powered Prosthetic Hook

A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to don and operate his body powered prosthetic hook.

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Howto & Style

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• arm
• amputee
• prosthetic
• hook

[chyasa]

Hi could you tell me, How much does this prosthetic cost??

[theguywiththehook]

This arm was billed at $8,500 when it was made in 2002.

[McGreyling]

Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do you do for a living?

[theguywiththehook]

I own a sales rep agency for home integration/AV applications.

[KadenceST]

I have a prosthetic just like that, except mine is the whole arm. It works just like yours! Rock on, man! Prosthetics RUL3

[theguywiththehook]

Big hookshake to you!

[anjarubik4u]

What a wonderful guy,for real...

[elmojson]

Hi. I'm doing a project for my physics class on prostheses, and this was incredibly helpful. I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of any other sources to learn how different kinds of prostheses work.

[n3oninja]

Hey thanks for this video! Im doing research for my engineering senior design project and this was helpful seeing the body powered prosthesis in action. God bless!

[zOiNhUh]

@theguywiththehook these things are more expensive than they appear to be, even being so simple...

[wtruitt]

Thank you for posting this.. very educational to me (I don't wear a prosthesis).

[PanolaOTA]

Thanks so much for posting this video. It is an invaluable learning tool for health care professionals in training. Love it! You ARE inspiring.

[eagleandleaf]

Thanks for posting these videos, they are incredibly informative and your practical, down to earth attitude is truly inspiring.

[MrJaxreid]

how did you lose your arm

[kingofallwhites]

@Rolco64 That performance was on the T.A.M.I. Show which is now on DVD. I highly recommend it for the James Brown performance below. Victor Moulton or "Moulty" was so good that I watched their performance, was amazed by the drummer, and didn't even notice his hand missing and the hook!!! I only realized it when I read an interview with him in the Boston Globe a week later. His drumstick is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland because of it.

[Rolco64]

You're a real inspiration! Have you ever heard a 1960's Garage style band called The Barbarians? A Gent named Victor Moulton led them and he was their Drummer. He too wore a hook style device on his left arm and Drummed like crazy! If you haven't seen them, they're on Youtube playing a live version of their song "Hey Little Bird." Thanks for being the great person you are!

[billthecat666]

Thanks for that. I always wanted to know how those work. When I was a kid, I was frightened of them.